Transmission-gearing.



H. W. FRIBDEL: H. I. LUTZ.`

TRANSMISSION GEABING. APPLIGATION FILED MAY 17, 1912.

1,049,840. Patented Jan. 7, 1913.

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' UNITED sTnTEs PATENT oEEicEf` HARRY W. FRIEDEL AND HARRY J..LUTZ, OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

TBANSMISSAION-GEABNIG.

To all whom t may concern: v

Be it known that we, HARRY W. 'FRIEDEL and HARRY J. LUTz, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Wheeling, in the county of Ohio and State of West Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Transmission Gearing, whichthe following is a speciication.

This invention' relates to improvements in transmission gearing and has particular application to 'variable speed transmission gearing of the selective type.

' I n' carrying out the present invention, it is our purpose to provide a system of gearing of the type above set forth wherein-varions speeds may be attained without* resorting to sliding' of the gears, thereby elimi- 1' nating the objectionable features inherent in sliding gears, such as f stripping of the gears and thc'like.

Furthermore, We aim to provide a variable speed transmission gear system wherein va- [ject the provision of a sl .the invention consists .in

rious forward speeds and a reverse speed may be attained' or brought about without the necessity of sliding the gears. v

It is also our -purpose tov provide a gear system of the character above set forth wherein by means of a power shaft, a driven shaft coaxial with the first shaft and a plurality of jackor counter-shafts, a direct drive and reverse may be`obtained without the necessityof sliding tht gears.

The invention hasl for 'still further ob- ,ifting mechanism for, a gear system of this ,character wherein selected or .predeterminedgears may be c onnected in driving engagement without stepping up the speeds. 1 j

With the above and other objects in view., the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hercinafter set forth in and falling within the scope of the claims.

In the accompanying drawings there has been illustrated one preferred and practical embodiment of our invention, and in these drawings: Figure 1 is a horizontal sectional view of a gear system constructed in accordance with the present invention, parts being shown in elevation. Fig. 2 Iis a vertical sectional view taken on the plane of sections,

. sion gea-r mechanism,

the line 2-2 of Fig. l,l parts being broken away. Fig. 3 is a similar view taken on the plane of the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the plane of the line 4--1 of Fig. 1, and at right angles to Figs. 2 and 3.

Referring now to the accompanying drawgear mechanism is, in the present instance, composed of two sect-ions 1 'and 2, each formed with an outwardly extending flange 3 adapted to abut the .flange of the adjacent section, said lianges being provided with alining bolt holes 4 through which are passed thebolts `5 to secure the sections in casing or housing formation. One of the as, for instance, sect-ion 2 is equipped interiorly with an inwardly projecting iange- 6 formed with bolt holes alining with similar holes vin a bearing parti.- tion 7, the latter being formed'with 'suitably'arranged openings designed to accommodate the posit-ions and receive the bearings of the various shafts of the transmisi bolts 8 or the like beto fasten the partition 7 to Une wall of the housing, as

ing employed the angev 6.

the wall of the section 2, .is formed with an ,annular pening`9 concentric with which on the interior of the housing .is aflange 10 supporting an anti-friction bearing such as the ball bearing 11. Rotatably mounted within the 'opening 9 and supported upon the anti-friction bearing around such opening, is a driving gear 12 formed interiorly of the housing with teeth 13 and hollowed out as at 14, and provided exteriorly of the casing with an outwardly projecting annular collar 1'5 formed designed .to receive one extremity of a power or driving shaft 17, the latter terminating Specification of Letters Patent. y Patented Jan. '7, 1913. 'Application :neil May 1'7, 1912. serial No. 697,940.

ings in detail, the casing or housing of the I with a key way 1G`andf90 within the hollow portion 14 of the driif'ingggear and having threaded thereon alnut`18 assisting a key 19 located' within the `key way 16 and similar way in the proximate portion of the power shaft,to hold' the power shaft and driving gear together or connected. The inner extremity of the driving gear 12 is disposed in` anti-friction bear- .ings 20.supported in an annular flange 21 arranged concentrically ofan 'opening in ,section l.

the bearing partition 7 and cooperating with the hearingll to support the driving gear and enahle the latter to rotate with a minimum amount of friction.y

Parallel with the driving gear 12 and rotatably supported adjaeent thereto Within anti-friction hearings 22, 22 and Q53, 23 se- .eured to the wall ofthe housing adjacent the driving get and the confronting Wall of the partition7, are high and low speed driving gears 2l and 25 respectively each formed with a hollow portion 2li and provided With peripheral teeth 27. and low speed driving gears 2l and respectively are designed to he continuously rotated or driven from the driving gear l2 upon the power shaft 17 and, in the present `instance` the teeth upon all 'of said gears are in the nature of sproeket'teeth and. over all of these gears and in engagement with the teeth thereof, is an endless chain QS pro vided' with a driving surface 29 designed to drive the gears 12, 24, and 25, and a driving surfaceit) at the opposite Aside of the chain troni the snrtaee 2S), for a purpose which willpresently appear.

Rotatahly mounted within anti-friction h airings carried hy the all oct' the section 2 beneath the driving gear l2 and the eonfronting surl'aee of the hearing wall 7, respectively, is a reversing gear which, in the present instance, is in the lorin olf a syn-ticket Wheel 33, the reversing gear 353 heing at. all times in driving engagement with the driving-surface 30 olf the ehain Q8. 'l`hus, it. Will be seen that the gears 2li` and Q5 will be rotated in like directions Vfrom the chain 28 under the aetior of the driving gear l27 While the re\ f'ersing gear ll will, owing to the surfaee 30 ot the chain engaging sueh gear, rotate in a direction reverse to that ofthe gears 24 and 2, the reversing gear 33 being hollowed out.

-Seated in the hollow portions 2C, 2G oi the high and low speed gears Zit and respettively, are anti-friction hearings 55, 23.3, eaeh receiving Iand sumiortingl one extremity ot a jaekor'conatei-shalt ilo, passed through the openings in the hearing partition alining with the hollow portions ol' the ,respective gears and having its tree extremity jonrnaled or rotatahly n'ionnted within antifrietion bearings 237 earried hy the opposite Wall 0f the housing., that is the wall of thel Similarly7 a, reversing shalt Pa has one extremity journaled in antiwv friction bearings 39 Seated within the hollow portion 0f the reversing gear 33 and passes -through an opening in the hearing parti tion 7 alining with the hollow portion of such gear and has its opposite or free exs tremity journaled in anti-friction hearings 4t) carried by the Wall of the section l of the easing and arranged eoaxially of or in aline- .l

'lf he high ment with the anti-friction hearing within the hollow portion of the reversing gear. Likewise, a .lriven shat't ll has one extreinity journaled in anti-friction hearings l2 seated within the hollow portion lat ot` the driving gear 1Q, the opposite extremity of sueh driven shaft passing th/rough the opposite wall of the section l and heing journaled in anti-fricti0n hearings 4?) and terminating exteriorly of the respective wall of the housing or easing, as at 44, the projecting extremity of the driven shaft. heing.

to the gear lll' upon the shalt-11, according i to the driving eonneetioi'is hetween the driven gears 43, 45 and 4G and the driving gear-l2, as will hereina'lter appear As the driven shalt and jaelt sha t'ts. as \vell as the reversing shaft. have their driving l:rear extremities loosely eneireled hy the respective gears` normally7 no movement is imparted to such sha tts, so that the various driving gears run idle. in the movement of the power shal't i7 and under thi action ot' tht` driving gear l?` llovvever. the lo\v and -high speed driving gears as well as the reversinfij gear are adapted to he plaeed in and out ot drivingenliragenieut with theresiieetive shi-til' and the driven Shal't --tl adapted to he eonpled direetly with the poner shat't to ohtain a direct drive. For this purposeT neinalte use of a gear Shit'ting nirt'hani.-m ivhieh is' piet'erahly ofthe seleetive type so that any one speed may he ohtained `without the neeessily ol stepping up and through the various speeds as is commonly done in variahle speed transinission gear systems. l`his meehanisin7 in the present instant-ev` eonsists olf what may he termed a l e v 4f) enen-cling eaeh jack shat't and th(` driven and reversing shalts. liach hey lJ is splined to the respeetive shafty for sliding movement and is adapted to enter the hollow portion ol' the respective driving gear ot the shat't to couple or eonneet Snell gear'lo the shat't to impart movement to the latter 't'roni the l'ormer, and consequently rotate the driven shaft 4l, the hollow portion of each gear heing of non-eireular eontour in cross section and the particular key heing ot" a contour similar to that ol the hollow portion oi sueh gear so as to elleetively leek the gears to the shaft. The key 49 upon the 'shaft 41 iS designed to enter the llo Iso

hollow portion 14 of the gear .1Q and when in such position interloeks the poiver shaft with the driven shaft to el'ect or bring about a direct drive. as will be readily understood. in order to slide the collars 4t) to 'bring about the various gear ratios or speeds, each he \Y has loosely encircling the saine an annular collar 5t) of a shiiting lever 51, 'the extrenrit)v 52 ot each lever terminating in horizontal alineinent with the extremitiesI of the other levers, as clearly illustrated in Fig. Ii. Connected tothe extremity 52 of caeh shitting lever 5], and projecting out wardly ot the transmission gear housing is a shitting rod :325' terminating in an clongated shank 5l aud slidably disposed Within a housing 55 connected to the gear housing` oieasing in any suitable manner and provided Lith a partition 5G through which the sha-nhs 5t ot the shifting rods 53 pass. These shitting rods 53 normally hold the keys inaetive or in unlocked position, as shown in Fig. l,a coiled expansion spring 57 encircling each shank 54 for this purpose and having one extremity abutting a pin 58 passed through the end of the. shank, while the opposite extremity abuis against; the opposite wall ot the partition 56. rlhe shift;-

ing rods 5I, at an appropriate distance from the shanhs 54 are provided witlralining openings 5t! and eonnnon to'all of said openings is a ealn or ereentrie- (it) carried upon one extremity ot an actuating shaftv 61.. slidabiy and rotatably 'mounted.within a bore ($2 ot' the easing or housing` 5o. lt will thus be seen that any selected or pre(leterniined drivii'ig gear may be lorked to the respective shat't .to e'tlret the movement otA the driven shattl 4l.

From the, foregoing description takenin connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, and inode ote operationoo'il our improved variable speed transmission gear system will be readily apparent' to those skilled in the art.

liet it beassunied that the power or driv ing shaft i? iis coupled up' to a suitable Source ot' pu\\'er,l-s`urh, tor instance, as an explosive engine and the gear l2 rotiatckl. l'lndertheaction ot tli`egear l2, the gears 24 and Q5, as well as the reversing gear 33 willvrotate and, should it. be (,lesired to couple or loch the hpv-speed gear .l'i'tojits jackshaft 3G, the actuating rod (ilv is slid Within the may be taken for any'4 suitable purpose.-

Should it new' be desired to attain the high speed, the key 49 ismoved to an inactive position to disconnect the gear 25 fromthe shaft 36, While the key on the shaft of the gear 24 is moved to a locking position so as to place the high speed gear in enga ement with the respective jack shaft, a re atively high speed being' now transmitted. 'from the power shaft to the driven shaft. The direct drive is attained by shifting the key 49 into lockingy engagement with the gear 12 so as to lock the latter to the shaft 41 thus bringing about or etecting a direct transmission of power from the driving motor, by Way'ot the shafts 17 and 41, tothe machinery being driven. On the contrary, should it be desired to reverse the direction of rotation of the shaft 41` the forward speed shaft, if any is being driven, is discon-` nected from the power or driving shaft, and the key 49 on the reversingshatt 38 is shifted to lock the reversing gear 33 to the reversing shaft whereby the driven shaft.

will be rotated in a relatively1 reverse directlon, on ing to the'cham, 28 havlng its surface opposite from that riding over the gears l 12, 24- and 25, in engagement .with the reversing gear. v

In the present instance, the cham 28 1s held upon its respective gears by means of guards G3 'fastened to the driving and. re- 'versing gears, While the chain 48 is maintained in proper position relatively tothe respective driven gears by means of flanges or guards G4 carried by the chain.

Tn the embodiment of the Vinvention selected for illustrative purposes,' 'we have shown our improved variable speed transmission gear s vsten'i as embodying three variable forward speeds, including lo\v, high, and direct drive, and a reverse. It is to be understood, however, thaty our in* vention is not limited to .any particular n umber of speeds either forward .or rear-- ward, andwhile we lhave herein shown and described one particular eml'iodiment of our invention by Way of illustration, We Wish it to be understood that we do not. confine ourselves to the precise details of construct-ion herein described and delineated, as modification and vvariation may be made within the scope ot' the claims and Without 'departing irom the spirit et the invention.

Vite claim l. ln trausmissikm gearing, a power-shaft, a driven shaft, variable speed driving geaas `adapted to be continuously driven from the power shaft, a jack shaft associated. with each dri ving gear, a driven gear on each plek sl'iat't, a gear on saidr driven shaft. common to allot? the last-mentioned gears, driving connections between the last-mentioned gears .and the gear on the drlven shaft, and means for placing said driving gears in and out of driving engagement with the jack shafts.

Q. ln transmission gearing, a power shaft, a driven shaft, variable speed driving gears adapted to he continuously driven from the power shaft, a iack shaft associated with each driving gear, a reversing gear adapted to be continuously driven from the power shaft: ai, l in' a direction reverse to that of the variable speed gears, a driven gear on cach jack shaft, a driven gear associated with the reversing gear, a gear on said dri ven shaft common to all of the last-1nentionedthiveu gears, and means for placing said driving and reversing gears in and out 'of driving engagement with the driven shaft'.

23. ln transmission gearing, a power shaft,

a driven shaft. variable speed driving gears adapted to he continuously driven from the power shaft, a jack shaft associated with each driving gear` a reversing gear adapted to he coutinuousl)Iv driven from the power shaft and in a direction reverse to that of the variahle speed gears, a driven gear on each jack shaft, a driven gear associated with the reversing gear, a gear on said driven shaft common to all of the last-nicntioued driven gears, and selective gear shift ing mechanism for placing said driving and reversing gears in and out of driving engagement with the driven shaft.

Lt. In transmission gearing, a power shaft',

.t driven shalt, variable speed driving gears adapted to he continuouslyv driven from the power shaft, a jack shaft associated with each driving gear. a reversing gear adapted to he continuously driven from the power shaft. and iu a direction reverse to that of the variable speed gears, a driven gear on cach jack sha't't. a driven gear associated with the reversing gear, a gear ou said driven shaft eouunon to all ot the last-men` tioncd driven gears.v and selective gear shifting mechanism for placing ,said driw ing and reversing gears in and out of driving engagenunt with the driven shaf. said selective means including shifting rods. connectituisl between the shifting rods and they driven gears. and an actuating rod adapted to actuatt` said shitting rods. i

.3. ln transmission gearing, a power shaft, a driven shaft` variable speed driving gears adapted to he coutiuuousl)7 driven from the power shaft, a iack shaft. associated with each driving gear, a reversing gear adapted to he continuously driven from the power shaft and in a direction reverse to that. of the variable speed gears, a driven gear on each jack shaft, a driven gear assi'iciated with the. reversing gear, a gear on said driven shaft common to all of the last-mentioned driven gears, and selective gear shifting mechanism for placing said driving and reversing gears in and out of driving engagementl with the driven shaft, said se ective means including shifting rods; connections between the shifting rods andthe driven gears, and an actuating rodadapted to bei shifted longitudinally and rotated to select a particular driving gear and place such gear in engagement with the respective shaft.

6.111 variable speed transmission gearing, a power shaft, a driven shaft., variable speed sprocket wheels, an endless chain connecting said sprocket wheels to the power shaft for',continuouslyetrivlng said wheels from the shaft, a jack shaft associated with each sprocket wheel, a -driven sprocket on each jack shaft, a lsprocket wheel on said driven shaft, an endless' chain connecting the last-named sprocket wheel to the driven sprocket wheels on the jack shafts, and means for placing said driving sprocket wheels in and out of driving engagement with the jack shafts.

7.111 variable speed transmission gearing. a power shaft', a driven shaft coaxial with said power shaft, jack shafts parallel with the first-mentioned shafts, a sprocket wheel` keyed to the poweri shaft, similar wheels loosely encircling the jack shafts, an endless driving chain connecting all of said wheels, a second sprocket wheel on each of said jack shafts, a similar wheel on said ldriven shaftnan endless chain trained over all of said last wheels, sliding keys encircling the jack shafts and adapted to placethe respective firstanentioned sprocket wheels in Iand out of driving engagement with saidir shafts, a reversing shaft, a sprocket wheel loose on one end of said reversing shaft and in driving engagement with said first chain. a' second sprocket wheel keyed ,to thesaid reversing shaft and Yhavingunfeverse, driving connection with the last-mentioned chain, and lneans for placing the loose sprockets n1 and out of driving yeiigagement with the respective sl afts.

,8. ln variable speed transmision gearing, s power shaft, a driven shaft coaxial with said power shaft, jack shafts parallel with the tirstanentitmed shafts, a sprocket wheel keyed to the power shaft, similar wheels loosely encircling the jack shafts,

,an .endless chain connecting all ot' said wheels,'a second sprocket wheel on each of said jack shafts, a similar wheel ou said driven,y shaft, an endless chain trained over all ofsaid wheels` sliding keys encircling the jack shafts and adapted to place the respective first-mentioned sprocket wheels in and out of driving engagement with said shafts, a reversing shaft, a sprocket wheel loose on one end f said reversing shaft and 'connection with the lust-mentioned chain,

means for pinning),r the loose sprockets in and ont of drlvmgr engagement with the respective shafts, `and means for Connecting:I

the driven shaft directly to the power shaft.

In testimony whereof We aix our signatures 1n presence of two Witnesses.

HARRY W. FRTEDEL. HARRY J.l LUTZ.

Witnesses ROBERT W. KYLE, JNO. T. MONAIIAN. 

